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use the knowledge to better align the system with how they operate today with paper strips, for a smoother transition. AEFS was successfully installed in CLT ' s TSS labs the week of March 14th, for the facility to use in conjunction with their primary training lab and shadow ops. The initial CLT tra ining plan has slipped one week to the right, now beginning April 18th with their cadres, a nd continuing on through 5/12. They will then utilize the remaining two weeks to perform TSS simulations with their adaptations, as well as shadow operations in the tower, in order to better familiarize them selves with the new equipment. They still plan on calling IOC 5/31. Phase 1 of the NASA integration with Airspace Technology Demonstration (ATD) - 2 is still on schedule for September 2017, but I ' ll leave that updat e in the extremely capable hands of ATD - 2 rep, Mr. Pete Slattery. SWIM Visualization Tool (SVT) On February 28th, the TFDM team received a briefing from MITRE and FAA on the capabilities of their NAS Operational Dashboard (NOD), in order to determine if its capabilities would be better or worse than the Surface Situational Awareness (SSA) too l that TFDM will be deploying. That meeting led to another meeting the next week at the Command Center with myself, Elaine Bucker of the AJR, and Dave Foyle, Directo r of AJR - 1. There, we were able to see a live demo of NOD and discuss with the staff there its actual capabilit ies, benefits, and limitations. We are now in the process of comparing that data to the SSA requirements to ensure that not only the Command Cent er, b ut also the TRACONs and Centers, will be getting SSA capabilities for their TMUs, and are going to be working with the equipment they need best do their jobs. TIME BASED FLOW MANAGEMENT (TBFM) Eric Owens (I90) is the Article 114 Repre sentative for TB FM. His report to the membership is below. The National TBFM Ops Team has had numerous activities during the mont hs of February and March 2017. The week of February 6th, we had a team at ZMA to assist with an effort to design a TBFM configuration to mete r Cuba traffic. We return to ZMA next week, April 3rd, to continue work on this effort. We also had a team at ZAB to assist in an effort to make GIM - s more reliable for the controllers. This effort is necessary to make the installation of Terminal Sequenci ng and Spacing ( TSAS) in 2019 more successful. ZAB has reported that GIM - s becomes unreliable when the winds at altitude exceed 100 knots. The week of February 13th, we sent a team to ZLC to assist with a PBN meeting. This meeting was very productive and helped the TBFM Ops Team to see the direct ion of ongoing PBN procedures. We also had a team in Atlantic City for our initial TSAS Demo with one of our primary contractors (Leidos). Leidos did a very good job with this demo and it was good to finally see so me of the items we have requeste d for TSAS for the first time. We still have a lot of work ahead of us to meet the April 2019 TSAS IOC date.